AP Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman and new husband Keith Urban were spotted at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., on Sunday, where Urban is seeking treatment. The country singer entered rehab …

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Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman and new husband Keith Urban were spotted at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., on Sunday, where Urban is seeking treatment.

The country singer entered rehab for alcoholism on October 19 and media reports at the time said he was in a program near the couple’s hometown of Nashville, Tenn., not California.

A source close to Kidman tells Us Weekly, “Keith is expected to be in rehab for 35 to 40 days.”

Prior celebrity clients at the center, where programs start at $21,000, include Johnny Cash and Anna Nicole Smith.

During his stay, he’ll attend group therapy, lectures and spiritually focused programs.

Urban, 39, took home the Best Male Vocalist trophy at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville on Monday night, and had pal Ronnie Dunn of the country duo Brooks & Dunn read his acceptance speech, where he thanked his wife of four months for standing by his side.

Nicole Kidman’s sister has jetted to the actress’ side to help her cope with the news her husband Keith Urban has checked himself into rehab to battle alcoholism. Pregnant Antonia Kidman flew out of …

Nicole Kidman’s sister has jetted to the actress’ side to help her cope with the news her husband Keith Urban has checked himself into rehab to battle alcoholism.

Pregnant Antonia Kidman flew out of Sydney, Australia Wednesday, according to local media reports, so she could spend what her sister and her country star husband had hoped would be their first birthday celebration as husband and wife.

Reuters/Tami Chappell Country superstar Keith Urban has checked himself into an unnamed rehabilitation center in an effort to beat his drug abuse demons. In a statement sent out to news groups Friday, …

Reuters/Tami Chappell

Country superstar Keith Urban has checked himself into an unnamed

rehabilitation center in an effort to beat his drug abuse demons.

In a statement sent out to news groups Friday, the singer has

admitted he voluntarily admitted himself to a treatment facility on Thursday

night.

The Australian star, who has been candid about his past drug problems, has

thanked his new wife, Nicole Kidman, for her support as he struggles with a

relapse.

In the statement, sent out by his publicist, Urban says, “I deeply regret the

hurt this has caused Nicole and the ones that love and support me.

“One can never let ones guard down on recovery and I’m afraid that I have.

With the strength and unwavering support I am blessed to have from my wife,

family and friends, I am determined and resolved to a positive outcome.”

In an added statement to fans on his Web site, the country singer writes, “I

feel calm and optimistic about the future and with finally coming to terms with

the reality of my condition.”

The singer’s publicist Judy McDonough states the singer has cancelled all immediate

promotional appearances. Urban’s new album,

Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing, will be released as planned on November 7. Kidman has been forced to cancel a press conference later today to promote her new movie “Fur.”

Australian photographer Jamie Fawcett has been ordered to appear in court next month over allegations he planted a bug outside Nicole Kidman’s home more than a year ago. Fawcett was first charged with …

Australian photographer Jamie Fawcett has been ordered to appear in court next

month over allegations he planted a bug outside Nicole Kidman’s home

more than a year ago.

Fawcett was first charged with possessing a listening device outside Kidman’s

home in the waterfront Sydney suburb of Darling Point in January 2005.

Fawcett told the Sydney Daily Telegraph newspaper that he hoped the whole

affair would “die a slow death” and claimed that he was being unfairly

targetted by police.

He adds, “I just think in this instance the police have got a hard-on for

me.”

Police have continued to investigate the high-profile case and issued the

summons on Thursday, after a legal battle to obtain Fawcett’s DNA

failed.

Authorities had hoped to compare Fawcett’s DNA to DNA found on a listening

device that was discovered in a garden outside Kidman’s home during the star’s

visit to Australia early last year.

Two sets of DNA were discovered on the evidence, which a security guard

found, but Fawcett appealed against the order to submit a DNA sample to the

Supreme Court and won.

An apprehended violence order was placed on Fawcett after the Oscar winning

actress claimed he went too far in pursuing pictures of her and made her

fearful of leaving her home.

An out-of-court deal was reached, allowing Fawcett to carry out his work,

which he did during Kidman’s wedding to country star Keith Urban in June.

Fawcett is expected to appear in Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney on